Sentences with phrase «lack of exclusive breastfeeding»

download pdf12 pages - 566 kb Background: Lack of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0 - 5 months of age and no breastfeeding among children 6 - 23 months of age are associated with increased diarrhea morbidity and mortality in developing countries.

A lack of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life contributes to over a million avoidable child deaths each year.

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For a variety of reasons, including the lack of breastfeeding counselling, still too many mothers stop exclusive breastfeeding within a few weeks after delivery.

With little to no funding support in the community, barriers in the workplace and a lack of supportive breastfeeding practices in facilities, it is not surprising that exclusive breastfeeding rates in Texas plummet in relation to initiation rates, making it difficult for the lactation advocate to feel valued.

Other limitations of the included studies were that some studies lacked the distinction between exclusive breastfeeding, defined by the World Health Organization as «the infant has received only breast milk from his / her mother or a wet nurse, or expressed breast milk, and no other liquids or solids, with the exception of drops or syrups consisting of vitamins, mineral supplements or medicines,» and partial breastfeeding, defined by the World Health Organization as «a situation where the baby is receiving some breastfeeds but is also being given other food or food - based fluids, such as formula milk or weaning foods.»

Since Dewey's review was published, two additional studies have been published with somewhat inconsistent results, 11,12 although both studies lacked a clear definition of exclusive breastfeeding.